Template:Did you know nominations/220 West 57th Street
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:47, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
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220 West 57th Street
ASCE Society House
- ... that the former ASCE Society House (pictured) in New York City has been home to a tire showroom, a restaurant, and an art shop? Source: NY Tımes 2000
- ALT1:... that the American Society of Civil Engineers claimed its society house (pictured) was the first building in the United States built exclusively for a "professional engineering society"? Source: American Society of Civil Engineers (1903). The House of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 220 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York City. Unpaged, "Historical" chapter.
- ALT2:... that the ASCE Society House (pictured) in New York City was preserved by the developers of a nearby skyscraper, partially in exchange for a height bonus? Source: NY Times 1968
- ALT3:... that the American Society of Civil Engineers only occupied its society house (pictured) for twenty years before it became a tire showroom, a restaurant, and an art shop? Source: NY Times 2000
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KKLY
Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 04:41, 18 November 2020 (UTC).
New article that's well over the length requirements, well cited, no evidence of copyvio, properly illustrated and the whole nine yards. QPQ is good. Image is appropriately licenced, reasonably clear @ the DYK pixels, though it's not the most visually exciting. All hooks verified, except AGFing for ALT2, which isn't the best hook imo because it's not clear what "partial exchange" really means. Hooks are reasonably interesting, I'd say ALT0 is probably the best, though you might be able to cut 'over its history', seems redundant to me. A nice building article that's good to go. Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 02:54, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Eddie891: Thanks for the review. I modified ALT2 a bit so that it's clearer that preserving 220 West 57th was part of the deal where 888 Seventh could be taller, i.e. "partially in exchange". epicgenius (talk) 03:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
